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Jumbos end regular season at Middlebury Invitational

The women's swimming and diving team concluded its regular season this past weekend at the non-scoring Middlebury Invitational. With the championship season on the horizon, the Jumbos can now focus exclusively on preparing for the NESCAC Championships, which will be held later this month.


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A weekend in Glendale: in-person at the Super Bowl

There is silence from the Patriots section as the final two minutes of Super Bowl XLIX tick away. It has been a difficult half with a brutal third quarter, but the Pats seem to have regained momentum. Still, this has not been a relaxed game for anyone.Many hours later, after high-fives have been ...


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Columns

What's in an All-Star?

NBA All-Star weekend will take place in New York City over the weekend of Feb. 13-15. The various competitions and events are meant to be a celebration of the best players from each conference at the halfway point of the season, but all too often the game has featured big names instead of the best players. ...



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Foley hits 1,000-point milestone as Tufts downs RIC

Senior tri-captain Hannah Foley connected on a 3-pointer with one-and-a-half minutes elapsed in No. 4 Tufts' final non-league game of the season, against Rhode Island College (RIC), Tuesday night, leaving her just three points shy of the 1,000-point mark as a Jumbo. Fans and teammates awaiting ...


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Tufts falls against two NESCAC foes

The men’s squash team heads into the NESCAC tournament with a disappointing weekend of losses behind it. On Saturday Jan. 31, Tufts traveled to Harvard to take on one of its toughest rivals, Colby. Unfortunately, the Jumbos fell to the White Mules with a match score ending in 8-1. The Jumbos’ one ...




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Women's fencing primed for strong finish

The women's fencing team may not be the most visible athletic group at Tufts -- they play all their matches at other schools and typically practice late at night -- but the squad has certainly put its opponents on notice with an excellent season. The Jumbos have gone 16-9, winning a dozen matches ...



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Basketball

Jumbos earn two more NESCAC wins on the road

Tufts went on the road this past weekend, taking on Conn. College on Friday and Wesleyan on Saturday. The squad defeated both teams easily, extending its record of 20+ winning point margins to seven straight with a 69-48 victory over Conn. College and a 77-53 win over Wesleyan.On Saturday, Tufts ...


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Basketball

Following Sabety injury, Jumbos stay afloat in NESCAC

Before its two-game homestand this past weekend, in which it split games against Wesleyan and Conn. College, the men's basketball team received news of the biggest loss -- both literally and figuratively -- of its season when 6' 8" sophomore center Hunter Sabety suffered an apparently serious ...


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Columns

Deja vu all over again

Two things happened last week. First, New York Times columnist Charles Blow's son, Tahj, who fit the description of an intruder to a dorm at Yale, where Tahj is a student, was accosted by police at gunpoint -- he was leaving the library -- but eventually let go. Second, in a refrain all too familiar to ...


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Transparency is the missing piece

In early January, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio achieved the necessary 75 percent voting threshold to be a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. They will be officially inducted later this year.Other players just missed the cut. Guys like Mike Piazza, Jeff Bagwell and Tim ...


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Unusual contributors headline Jumbo effort at Middlebury

Competing in its final event before NESCACs, Tufts men's swim and dive raced against a host of tough schools that included rivals Williams and Middlebury at the Middlebury Invitational.Though it was a non-scoring meet, several swimmers dropped significant time in a bright spot for the Jumbos as ...


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Jumbos split home games over the weekend

Tufts improved to 4-2 at home and continued its four game winning streak against Middlebury (7-8-3) before falling to No. 11 Williams (12-4-2) to bring its home record to 4-3. With their four-game winning streak at home over, the Jumbos stand at 7-10-1 overall and 4-7-1 in conference play. Although ...


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Super Bowl preview

In the midst of all things psi and air-pressure-related, the actual Super Bowl has seemed almost like an afterthought. The pervasive “Deflategate” controversy has grabbed national headlines and airwaves across country for almost two weeks. In the wake of the media frenzy, the balls are sure to be ...


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Tufts looks for a big win against Colby

After a commanding win against Boston College last week, Tufts fell to St. Lawrence University, 7-2, last Saturday.“We had two very clear wins against Haverford and Boston College [on Jan. 16 and Jan. 20, respectively] that has given us some momentum moving forward,"senior tri-captain Paige ...


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Track And Field

Jumbos finish first at Bowdoin Invitational

Tufts notched 141 points this weekend, placing first out of eight teams at the Bowdoin Invitational, 17 points ahead of runner-up Southern Maine (124) and nearly 30 points ahead of host Bowdoin, who finished in third with 111.33 points. The biggest takeaway for the weekend, however, was neither the ...



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Tufts finishes dual-meet season with win against Wheaton

The women's swimming and diving team closed out the dual-meet phase of its season with a win last Saturday, topping Wheaton College 158-138. Tufts came on strong after its midseason training trip to Puerto Rico, winning two of its last three meets to finish the year at 2-4."We had a great meet ...